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Title	Reseating Old Chairs
Creator	Wilkie, Harriet Cushman
Medium of Original	publications
Date of Orginal	1917-03
Dimensions	13" x 7"
Description	This article on how to reseat chairs was written by Harriet Cushman Wilkie and published in the March 1917 issue of "The Modern Priscilla." The article details how to weave chair seats using natural materials such as cattail leaves, cornhusks, raffia, bark, and twine. Although Wilkie presents these instructions for the average housewife's use in re-doing worn out seats, this same method was used for making seats in new chairs such as those make by the Mace and Woody family of chairmakers and sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries. At the time this article was written, Wilkie was managing the Allanstand shop in Asheville, N.C.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Fiber plants -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern Cornhusk craft -- Appalachian region, Southern Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Time Period	1910s
Source Institution	Southern Highland Craft Guild
Collection	Frances L. Goodrich Papers
Inventory Number	SHCG_FLG2_4_1a.b
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Title	Reseating Old Chairs
Creator	Wilkie, Harriet Cushman
Medium of Original	publications
Date of Orginal	1917-03
Dimensions	13" x 7"
Description	This article on how to reseat chairs was written by Harriet Cushman Wilkie and published in the March 1917 issue of "The Modern Priscilla." The article details how to weave chair seats using natural materials such as cattail leaves, cornhusks, raffia, bark, and twine. Although Wilkie presents these instructions for the average housewife's use in re-doing worn out seats, this same method was used for making seats in new chairs such as those make by the Mace and Woody family of chairmakers and sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries. At the time this article was written, Wilkie was managing the Allanstand shop in Asheville, N.C.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Fiber plants -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern Cornhusk craft -- Appalachian region, Southern Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Time Period	1910s
Source Institution	Southern Highland Craft Guild
Collection	Frances L. Goodrich Papers
Inventory Number	SHCG_FLG2_4_1a
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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